1 Killed, 1 Critical In Sunday Shooting

Gunman Fires Rounds Into Car

A man was killed and a woman was in critical condition after they were shot as they sat in a car on the Northwest Side, police said.

The shooting occurred shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday in the 4000 block of North Mozart Avenue.

Both victims, who were unidentified, were in the car when a gunman approached and fired a series of shots into the vehicle, police spokesman Edward Alonzo said.

The man, who was in his 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where she remained in critical condition Sunday night.

Detectives were unsure of a motive and did not have any suspects in custody.

Police did find and charge a man early Sunday in a fatal hit-and-run accident that occurred at the intersection of Pulaski Road and Ogden Avenue.

Miguel Figueroa, 43, of the 2400 block of St. Louis Avenue, was charged with fleeing the scene of a fatal accident.

Police said Figueroa's car struck a car driven by Manuel Chavira of the 5200 block of West 25th Street in Cicero. Chavira was pronounced dead at 6:45 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Sinai Hospital. Passengers in the two cars were not injured.

In another accident, an unidentified man was killed early Sunday morning after his car crashed into a light pole, splitting the car in half on a South Side Street about 3 a.m.

No one else was reported injured in the accident at 94th Street and Vincennes Avenue.

Authorities also were attempting to identify the body of a woman found floating in Montrose Harbor Sunday morning.

The body of the woman, who was white and appeared to be in her 20s, was discovered at 11 a.m. by two men who were fishing, police said.

The woman was determined not to be the missing 34-year-old flight attendant, Traci Todd, who is black.

Meanwhile, police were still looking for the driver of a vehicle believed to be involved in a Saturday accident in which four pedestrians were injured.

The driver is believed to have struck a Honda Civic that then jumped the median, striking three children and an adult. All remained hospitalized Sunday.